“Japanese website Macotakara says it has managed to obtain more parts allegedly built for the iPad 3,” Electronista reports. “These include a microphone flex cable ribbon, a power on/off flex cable, and a dock connector port. The parts were ordered from a site called TVC-Mall.com, which earlier in December was discovered selling the mic cable.”
“The dock connector, notably, continues to use the 30-pin format shared between current iPods, iPhones, and iPads,” Electronista reports. “In October a Macotakara report suggested that the iPad 3 might switch to a new connector, still using 30 pins but substantially smaller. The new part tested by the site still accepts standard Apple cables, the only difference being that the connector is shorter, and cables press in slightly more shallowly.”
More info and photo the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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